Muryar Fulani Peace Initiative Network

13/08/2026

Happy International Youth Day.

Today we celebrate the amazing young people shaping peace and progress in our communities — their energy, ideas, and courage are exactly what drives the work we do at MF-PIN every single day.

To every young person building bridges, resolving conflicts, and dreaming big for a better Plateau State: we see you, we celebrate you.

12/08/2026

THE RESULTS / MOMENTUM POST

30 days. 293 farmers reached. 3,500+ more reached by radio. 31 service providers certified. 326 cows committed for AI.

Women made up 42% of participants, youth 32% — both above target, because we made sure they weren't left out.

Awareness phase: done. Next up — turning those 326 committed cows into 326 successful inseminations. That's where livelihoods actually start to change.

Thankful to LPRES and the World Bank for trusting us with this work. More coming soon.

11/08/2026

THE STAT THAT STOPS THE SCROLL

Fear dropped by over 90%.

That's what happened when we brought Artificial Insemination training to livestock farmers in Sokoto.

Farmers who'd never let a needle near their cattle stood and watched it done, and by the end, 326 cows were committed for AI.

Sometimes people don't need more talking. They need to see it work with their own eyes.

10/08/2026

YOU CAN'T SKIP THE TRUST STEP.

Three weeks ago in Sokoto, we saw it up close — farmers who'd been burned by past projects only opened up once their own Ardo stood with us.

Radio got their attention. Their leader earned their trust. Then the demonstration sealed it.
Sequence matters. Skip a step, and even the best idea won't land.

20/07/2026

20/07/2026

This is part of the legacy we are building at Muryar Fulani Peace Initiative Network.

20/07/2026

Muryar Fulani Peace Initiative Network (MF-PIN), in collaboration with the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), Sokoto State Coordination Office, the World Bank, and the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, successfully held our Critical Stakeholders Engagement session as part of the Awareness Creation & Capacity Building Training on Artificial Insemination for Livestock Farmers.

The engagement brought together key stakeholders to build shared understanding, align expectations, and lay the groundwork for impactful, community-driven training.

Next stop: the practical sessions. Our livestock farmers will now move into hands-on training on artificial insemination techniques — real skills for real impact.
Stay tuned as we take this journey from awareness to action.

15/07/2026

Big things happening in Sokoto State.

Muryar Fulani Peace Initiative Network (MF-PIN) is proud to be collaborating with the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), Sokoto State Coordination Office, in partnership with the World Bank and the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, to deliver an Awareness Creation & Capacity Building Training on Artificial Insemination for Livestock Farmers.

This training is part of L-PRES's 6-year mission to improve productivity, commercialization, and resilience across Nigeria's livestock value chains and to strengthen communities' capacity to respond to crises. For pastoralist and farming communities, better livestock productivity means stronger livelihoods, more resilient herds, and reduced pressure that so often fuels farmer-herder conflict.

MF-PIN is honored to bring our peacebuilding lens to this collaboration, because sustainable development and peace go hand in hand.

25/12/2025

Complement of the season....

24/12/2025

What does accountability really look like on the ground?

In September 2025, our team at Muryar Fulani Peace Initiative Network conducted a Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) exercise of the National Social Safety Nets Programme – Scale Up (NASSP-SU) across Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa States.

This work wasn’t about ticking boxes.
It was about listening to the voices of people whose lives are shaped by how social protection is delivered.

Across rural and urban communities in the three states, we engaged beneficiaries, community leaders, and implementers to understand what is working and where gaps remain.

Here’s what stood out:
✔️ Community-driven targeting strengthens trust and transparency
✔️ Hundreds of thousands of poor and vulnerable households were reached through a blend of community-based and technology-enabled systems
✔️ Women emerged as key beneficiaries, especially under the Regular Cash Transfer—showing the impact of gender-sensitive design
✔️ Payments were largely timely, with most beneficiaries receiving proof of payment.

We also documented challenges that require urgent attention:
# Long distances to payment points, affecting women, the elderly, and persons with disabilities
# Reports of agent deductions that reduce the value of cash support
# Grievance redress mechanisms that exist but are underused due to access, awareness, or fear
# Communication gaps—many beneficiaries were enrolled but not adequately informed

As third-party monitors, our role is to amplify beneficiary voices, surface implementation blind spots, and strengthen accountability so social protection truly protects.

The experiences from Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa remind us that scaling social safety nets is not only about coverage but about access, dignity, and inclusion.

We are proud to contribute independent evidence that supports stronger systems and people-centered delivery.